Dookie is the third studio album by American rock band Green Day, released on February 1, 1994 by Reprise Records. The band's first collaboration with producer Rob Cavallo, it was recorded in late 1993 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California. Written mostly by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, the album is mostly based around his personal experiences, with themes such as boredom, anxiety, relationships, and sexuality.

Although Green Day is deserving lots of grumbles and gripes these days, there once was a time when they were not artificial politicians. There was a time when they were morons. There was a time when they died their hair blue. But you see, Dookie is not simply another alternative rock collection of tunes, as most would agree with me. Dookie is the staple of this genre, the punk of the 21st century. With each track you grow absorbed in the imaginary concert that Billie Joe has created throughout the entire album, one that is hard to forget

Dookie is Green Day’s best selling and arguably most important album. Released February 1, 1994, the album is the band’s third studio album. The album was Green Day’s first production with the major record label Reprise. Most importantly, Dookie allowed Green Day to blast from virtually unknown band to one of the most important in launching pop punk in the mainstream. The genre-defining album subsequently turned Green Day into a genre-defining band. As the lead single to the album, Longview helped boost Dookie’s success

Dookie was the album that led this attack. Green Day's major label debut. The first single "Longview" with it's catchy hooks, buzzing riffs, and praise for slacker life was the bullet that ended an era and rekindled an old one to start anew. Though I myself don't view Dookie as that that great of a masterpiece, it's the signifigance of that album was that mattered. Though the album was never too serious, it had it's moments of angst, anger, and deepness to it, Green Day wasn't created by a major label, they paid their dues for years before hitting it big and were mainstays at Gilman street for years.